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Steamed Cabbage Rolls: Healthy Alternative to Egg Rolls

Cabbage Rolls (aka Stuffed Cabbage) is a common dish among Eastern Europe and Asia, and has been adopted throughout the world. With the replacement of growing poppies with cash crops in Asia, Hmong farmers have been cultivating cabbage for 30+ years now. According to my mother, who experienced first-hand the cultivation of cabbage in Laos, Hmong people were familiar with and ate cabbage but they didn’t learn to make cabbage rolls until arrival in the U.S. I assume that they adopted this recipe from the Chinese seeing as it is a mixture of Chinese Stuffed Cabbage and Egg Rolls.

This delectable dish consists of wrapping various ingredients inside of a leaf of cabbage. It is a very healthy alternative to egg rolls. Cabbage rolls can be cooked in many different ways such as steamed, simmered, or baked. In this blog post, I will be showing you know to make steamed cabbage rolls with a simple stuffing, similar to that of egg rolls. Let’s get started, shall we?